Mop with attached wringer cup

Abstract

A mop with an attached wringer cup has a set of perforations near the outwardly tapering lower end of the wringer cup. The perforations have a width that is equal to about one-third the diameter of the handle, and less than the width of the flat mop strips that form the mop elements on the end of the handle. The upper end of the wringer cup fits within a lower part of a handgrip on the handle.

1. A mop with attached wringer cup camp comprising:
 a handle;  
 a set of mop elements on an end of the handle; and  
 a wringer cup having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end positioned outwardly of the upper end with respect to the end of the handle, a plurality of elongated ribs and a plurality of wall portions between adjacent ribs, the ribs being inwardly directed toward the handle with respect to the wall portions, and a plurality of perforations on the wall portions near the lower end of the wringer cup the elongated ribs being free of any such perforations.  
 
   
   
     2. A mop with attached wringer cup as recited in  claim 1 , in which the perforations have a width that is less than the width of the mop elements. 
   
   
     3. A mop with attached wringer cup as recited in  claim 1 , in which the perforations have a width that is no more than about one-third the diameter of the handle. 
   
   
     4. A mop with attached wringer cup as recited in  claim 1 , in which the perforations have a width equal to about one-third the diameter of the handle. 
   
   
     5. A mop with attached wringer cup as recited in  claim 1 , and further comprising a hand grip that is adapted to hold the wringer cup above the mop elements. 
   
   
     6. A mop with attached wringer cup as recited in  claim 5 , in which the upper end of the wringer cup fits within a lower portion of the hand grip. 
   
   
     7. A mop with attached wringer cup as recited in  claim 1 , in which the plurality of wall portions taper outwardly toward the lower end. 
   
   
     8. A mop with attached wringer cup as recited in  claim 1 , in which the wall portions are outwardly-curving. 
   
   
     9. A mop with attached wringer cup as recited in  claim 1 , in which the mop elements comprise a plurality of flat strips. 
   
   
     10. A mop with attached wringer cup comprising:
 a handle with a hand grip;  
 a set of flat mop strips on an end of the handle;  
 a wringer cup having a plurality of elongated ribs and a plurality of wall portions between adjacent rib, the ribs being inwardly directed toward the handle with respect to the wall portions, the wall portions tapering outwardly toward a lower end, one or more of the wall portions having a set of circular perforations near only the lower end, the elongated ribs being free of any such perforations, the perforations having a width equal to about one-third the diameter of the handle, the wringer cup having an upper end that fits within a lower part of the handgrip.